NATRUM CARBONICUM.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Objective. ►
Œdema of the lower extremities (occasional), [10]. ► *Jerking
in the lower extremities and in parts of the lower portion of the body,
[1]. ►
*Unsteadiness while walking, stumbling, slipping, [1]. ►
*Giving way of the lower extremities (after eleven days), [1]. ►
Great weariness of the legs the whole afternoon till evening (fifth
day), [7]. ►
Uneasiness in the lower extremities at night; she could not keep them
still, [1]. ►
The lower extremities are heavy while sitting (after twenty-one days), [1]. ►
Great heaviness of the lower extremities (fourth day), [1]. ►
*The lower extremities feel very heavy and bruised (third
day), [7]. [860.] ►
Tension in the whole of the lower extremities, while sitting and walking
(after five days), [1]. ► Bruised sensation in the lower
extremities (after two days), [1].
► Hip. ►
Drawing and pressure in the flesh, in the region of the right hip
(eleventh day), [7]. ► Paroxysmal violent sticking through the
right hip, from behind forward, on walking, always lasting two minutes;
she was obliged to remain standing and bent over, in order to obtain
some relief (tenth day), [7]. ► Tearing of short duration in the left
hip, in the evening, after lying down (twelfth day), [7]. ► Tearing
and sticking in the left hip, with cessation of the pain in the back,
disappearing on motion, in the forenoon (sixth day), [7]. ► Tearing
and a bruised pain in the right hip, during the menses, in the forenoon
(twelfth day), [7]. ► Violent tearing in the right hip, in the
evening, after lying down (first day), [7].
► Bruised pain in the left hip on
rising from a seat, disappearing on walking, in the afternoon (fifth
day), [7]. ► Thigh. ►
Jerking in the muscle of the left natis, while sitting (eighteenth day),
[8]. [870.]
► Sudden jerking in the muscles of
the thigh, as if a worm were crawling over it, [1]. ► The
thighs feel weary in the middle, with weakness of the whole body, in the
morning (seventh day), [7]. ► Weary pain in both thighs, as after great
exertion (after forty-eight hours), [1].
► Burning pain in the fold between
the nates and thighs, as after a violent horseback ride, when the
clothes form a fold and press and rub against it (he had the same pain
eight days previously, while riding horseback), (twenty-fifth day), [8]. ►
A violent stitch, as with a knife, through the right thigh, in the
afternoon, while walking (fourth day), [7].
► Tearing in the left thigh,
extending into the knee, in the afternoon (eighteenth day), [7]. ►
Tearing in the left natis, while standing, disappearing while sitting,
in the evening (second day), [7]. ► Violent tearing in the middle of the
thigh, along the outer surface, in the evening while standing, lasting a
quarter of an hour (first day), [7].
► Cramplike intermitting tearing in
the outer side of the right thigh, close to the knee, [4]. ► Bruised
pain in the anterior muscles of the thigh, as if the flesh were loose,
only when walking and on touching them, [1].
[880.] ►
Jerking sensation extending down the right thigh, [1]. ► Knee.
► *The hollow of the knee is painful on
motion, [1]. ► Boring pain, as with a gimlet, in the
right patella, in the forenoon (first day), [7]. ►
Sticking drawing in the right knee, in the evening (twenty-fifth day), [8]. ►
Pain, as from a sprain, in the right knee, in the forenoon, while
walking (eleventh day), [7]. ► Acute pain in the right knee-joint, on
stepping (sixth day), [1]. ► Dull sticking pain in the left knee,
tibia, and thigh, while sitting and walking in the morning, continuing
from rising till afternoon (fifth day), [1].
► Tearing in the right knee at night
in bed; she wrapped the knee in warm clothes whereupon the pain
disappeared (after seven days), [7].
► Bruised pain in the knee-joints, [1]. ►
Leg. ► Redness,
inflammation, and swelling of the left leg, with violent itching and
gnawing, with many itching and sticking painful ulcers, [1]. [890.] ► Uneasiness in the left leg and foot, at
night (after a few hours), [1]. ► Drawing in the right leg, in the evening,
[1]. ►
Drawing in the right leg, from the knee to the foot, with uneasiness in
it, [1]. ►
Drawing pain round about the leg, above the malleolus, [1]. ► Tearing
in the lower end of both legs and the forepart of the feet (ninth day), [7]. ►
Boring pain in the tibia, in the evening, while sitting, not felt while
walking (after seventeen days), [1].
► Burning drawing on the outer
surface of the right tibia, as if in the skin, [7]. ►
Pressive cramplike drawing extending down the tibia, [1]. ► Violent
tearing in the right tibia, extending into the great toe, in which there
is also a crawling, as if it would fall asleep, in the afternoon (first
day), [7]. ►
Twitching in the right calf (also in the left); it always lasts half a
minute, while sitting, in the forenoon (sixth day), [7]. [900.]
► Pinching and tension in the calf,
as if too short, on moving the foot after walking, [1]. ► Cramp
in the calf for several mornings, on stretching out the leg in bed, [1]. ►
Pressive drawing in the left calf, especially on walking, [1]. ► Violent
tearing in the calves, and then also in the thighs, in the afternoon
(sixteenth day), [7]. ► Ankle. ►
Sticking below the left external malleolus, while walking, for several
days (after six days), [7]. ► Dull stitch in the right ankle (after
half an hour), [8]. ► Violent tearing in the left external
malleolus, in the afternoon (second day), [7].
► Foot. ►
Uneasiness of the feet, [1]. ► Feet sensitive, icy cold, [1]. ► Falling
asleep of the left foot, in the forenoon, while sitting (tenth day), [1]. [910.]
► The feet are heavy (third day), [1]. ►
Cramplike pain in the right foot and toes (after a few hours), [1]. ►
Cramp in the right foot, at night (after fourteen days), [1]. ► Tearing
in the forepart of the foot, worse on moving the foot (seventh day), [7]. ►
Tensive drawing in the right instep, disappearing on rubbing, in the
evening, while standing (sixth day), [7].
► Cramplike tearing on the back of
the right foot, near the toes, in every position (after fourteen hours),
[4]. ►
Swelling of the soles (after seven days), [1]. ► Cramp
on the inner margin of the sole, on bending the foot inward, [1]. ►
Cramplike pressure, almost like a tearing, in the sole of the left foot,
[4]. ►
*Stitches, as with needles, in the sole [Swollen. [°] -Lippe.] of
the right foot, in the afternoon (sixth day), [7]. [920.] ► Tearing in the sole of the right foot,
with a feeling of heat, in the forenoon (twelfth day), [7]. ► Sore
pain in the ball of the foot, where there are corns, on stepping (after
four days), [1]. ► Prickling in the soles of the feet, [1]. ►
Violent twitching posteriorly in the left heel, in the afternoon, while
walking (second day), [7]. ► *Throbbing and crawling in both heels,
as from an ulcer, in the evening, in bed (seventh day), [7]. ► Jerking
and a pinching sensation in both heels, at 11 A.M. (fourth day), [7]. ►
Swelling of both great toes, with a kind of violent tearing, like a sore
pain, in them, so that he could not sleep, [4]. ► Toes.
► Twitching and jerking in the left
great toe, in the afternoon (seventeenth day), [7]. ► Burning
like fire in the right little toe, in the afternoon, while walking
(eleventh day), [7]. ► Boring pains in the corns, [1]. [930.] ► Drawing pain in the corns, [1]. ► Violent
stitches in a corn, [1].
► Tearing pains in the right great
toe (tenth day), [1]. ► Painful tearing in the extensor tendons
of the right great toe, disappearing on rubbing, in the afternoon (first
day), [7]. ►
Violent tearing in the right great toe, in the forenoon (sixth day), [7]. ►
Fine tearing in the outer side of the right great toe, in the afternoon
(first day), [7]. ► Smarting and soreness between the toes, [1]. ►
Pain, as from suppuration, in the left great toe, [1]. ►
Crawling in the right middle toes, disappearing on touch, in the
afternoon (fourth day), [7].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Puffiness of
the whole body in the morning, better in the afternoon, [1]. [940.] ► Emaciation, paleness of the face,
dilatation of the pupils, and dark-colored urine, [1]. ► Violent
starting, especially in the left leg, as from fright, in the evening, on
falling asleep, [4]. ► Jerking now of one finger, now of an arm,
now of the facial muscles, now of the whole body, at night in sleep, [1]. ►
He is very awkward; things that he usually accomplishes easily, he
cannot do at all (after twenty-three days), [8]. ► Very
indolent, with a feeling as if everything on her were tense, with face
and hands swollen, during rest; relieved by motion (eighth day), [7]. ►
Weary and weak; she slept while sitting at her work, during the day, [1]. ►
Weakness in the morning (after nine days), [1]. ► Walking
is very irksome; she is weak and pale (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Great weakness and sleepiness during the day (after two days), [1]. ►
Great weakness for a week, following toothache, with fever for three
days (after five days), [1]. [950.] ►
Great weakness during the day, even deathly; the head was also very much
affected (after thirty-six days), [1].
► Physical prostration, with nausea
and aversion in the stomach, during the menses, [7]. ► *Great
prostration, and heaviness of the whole body (sixth day), [7]. ►
Restlessness of the whole body, and fretfulness (after three days), [1]. ►
Restless all day, busy now with this, now with that, without fully
accomplishing the least thing, [4].
► Restless and unsteady; does not
exactly know what he wishes, nor what he should do, [1]. ► Great
restlessness in the evening during mental work, as, for example,
reading, [1]. ► Uneasiness (after three days), [1]. ►
Uneasiness in the body all night; she could not get to sleep till
towards morning; she was also obliged to urinate an unusual amount, [1]. ►
Subjective. ► Increased
sensitiveness of the body; every touch is painful (seventh day), [7]. [960.]
► Takes cold easily, and therefrom
has colic and diarrhœa, or coryza (after ten days), [1]. ►
Frequent senselessness, [1]. ► Inclined to lie down (after five days), [1]. ►
A disagreeable sensation in the whole body; she thinks she is very sick
(seventh day), [7]. ► Heavy and indolent in the morning on
rising; while in bed awake she was bright, [1]. ► Very
heavy in the morning, [1]. ► An anxious sensation at night, before
falling asleep, as if his whole body had become excessively thick and
heavy, for a long time, [4]. ► Painful tension of all the nerves,
especially in the head, with nausea, [1].
► Drawing and tension in the lower
extremities and jaws, and drawing in the teeth, at night (after
twenty-one days), [1]. ► Sticking in the diseased spots, [1]. [970.]
► During the menses, now a tearing,
now a stitching, here and there in the whole body (fifteenth and
nineteenth days), [7]. ► Cramplike tearing, especially in the
upper and lower extremities, also in the whole body; not affected by
motion or rest (after six hours), [4].
► On rising from a seat everything
hurts, disappearing on walking about, [7].
► Jerking and beating in the whole
body, with a very sensitive mood, [1].
► Jerking and twitching in one or
another part of the body, in the scapulæ, calves, eyelids, and arms, [1]. ►
Affected, by playing on the piano a short time, with painful anxiety in
the chest, trembling of the whole body, and weakness, so that she must
lie down for a long time before she can recover herself (after twelve
days), [1]. ►
A paroxysm in the evening; it became black before the eyes, with
paralytic tearing pressure in the head, eyes, and jaws, weak
consciousness, and confused, distracted thoughts, lasting an hour and a
half; followed by crawling pain in the lips, right arm, and especially
in the right hand and tips of the fingers, particularly in the thumb,
with timidity (thirteenth day), [1].
► She could lie only on the right
side at right, because it hurt her to lie on the left (after seven
days), [7]. ►
Dread of motion, that always aggravates the symptoms, [1].
SKIN.
►
*The skin of the whole body becomes dry, rough, and cracked, here and
there, [1]. [980.] ►
The commencement of warts, [1]. ► Warts begin to bleed, grow larger, and
disappear after three weeks, [1]. ► Two red spots, as large as pennies, on
the back of the left hand, one behind the little finger, and another
behind the index, without sensation; they disappear in half an hour
(fourth day), [7]. ► A red spot on the great toe (as from a
bruise), from which tearing extends backward, from time to time, along
the side of the sole, [1]. ► White spots on the right cheek and side
of the neck, without sensation, in the morning (sixth day), [7]. ►
*Cracked, rough hands (after thirteen days), [1]. ► *A small
burning crack in the lower lip (eleventh day), [7]. ► The
nose desquamates on the back and tip, and is sensitive to touch (ninth
day), [7]. ► Eruptions, Dry. ►
Eruption on the right corner of the mouth (after twenty days), [1]. ►
Much eruption on the nose and mouth, [1]. [990.] ► Dry eruption on the nates and coccyx,
with violent itching, in the morning on rising, [1]. ► Papular
eruption on the face, by the ear, with sticking pain, like a boil when
touched, [1]. ► Papular eruption on the red of the lower
lip, with smarting painful soreness in the corners of the mouth, [1]. ►
A red papular eruption on the forehead, with burning sore pain, with pus
at the tip, [4]. ► A pimple on the left side of the upper
lip, without sensation, [7]. ► A pimple on the lower lip, [1]. ► A
painless pimple on the left side of the nose (fifth day), [7]. ► A
painless pimple, that daily becomes larger, on the right side of the
nose, [1]. ►
A pimple, with burning pain on the chin (twenty-fourth day), [8]. ►
Violent itching in the nape of the neck, and outer surface of the left
thigh, that provokes scratching, after which burning pimples appear,
which disappear after a few hours, in the evening (second day), [7]. [1000.] ►
Some itching pimples beneath the lower lip (seventh and eighteenth
days), [7]. ►
Itching pimples and nodes on the scalp, chest and abdomen (after
eighteen days), [1]. ► Itching in the bend of the left elbow;
after scratching, a few pimples appear, but soon disappear (tenth day), [7]. ►
Violent itching, with hives, after scratching, on the abdomen, genitals,
and lower extremities, [1]. ► Eruptions, Moist. ► Moist itching eruption on the nose and
mouth (after ten days), [1]. ► Blistered spots on the tips of all the
fingers and toes, as if scalded, with festering about them, as if the
nails would slough off, [3]. ► Some little blisters near the right wing
of the nose, with burning pain when touched (nineteenth day), [8]. ►
Small, red, itching, vesicular eruption, filled with water, on the chin
(sixth day), [1]. ► Red vesicles, filled with liquid, in the
bend of the elbow and groin, with sore pain when touched (tenth day), [8]. ►
A white vesicle, with a large red areola, that burns as from nettles, on
the first joint of the left index finger (twenty-second day), [8]. [1010.]
► A whitish vesicle, as large as
flaxseed, on the red of the upper lip, with sore burning pain when
touched; on the second day, a scab formed on it, and on the fourth day
fell off (after twenty days), [8].
► A vesicle as large as a pea near
and beneath the right corner of the mouth, that dries up in twenty-four
hours (after eleven days), [7]. ► A small vesicle, with burning pain as
from nettles, on the inner surface of the right index finger; it
disappears after washing with cold water, [7].
► A clear vesicle containing matter
beneath the right corner of the mouth, [7].
► Vesicles on the back, itching
violently and compelling scratching, especially in the evening, on
undressing (seventh day), [8]. ► Tetter on the left hand (after fourteen
days), [1]. ►
Two small tetters on the mouth, [1].
► Eruptions, Pustular. ► Suppurating eruption on the nape of the
neck, with sore pain, only when touched (twentieth day), [8]. ► A tetter
exudes a purulent liquid; it becomes larger and is
aggravated, [1]. ► Pustules about the mouth, [1]. [1020.] ► Pustules in the left wing of the nose,
with red areola, [4]. ► Small pustules on the small of the back,
that are very sensitive to touch (ninth day), [7]. ► *Black
ulcerating pustules on the heel, [3]. ► A boil
behind the ear, [1]. ► A boil on the upper lip, [1]. ► A red
boil above the right side of the chin, not painful even when touched,
disappearing after two days, without suppurating (seventh day), [7]. ►
Small ulcers about the mouth, [1].
► Sensations. ► *Itching over the whole body, as from fleas,
[5]. ►
Violent itching over the body, in the evening on lying down till falling
asleep (seventeenth day), [8]. ► Burning on the back of the left middle
finger, as if stung with nettles, in the morning (eighteenth day), [8]. [1030.]
► Burning and itching in the third
joint of the right index finger, as if stung by a nettle; he also feels
a small pimple under the skin, in the morning after rising, lasting
several hours (tenth day), [8]. ► Sensation as if a plaster as broad as the
hand were lying on the upper surface of the right forearm, so that all
the skin was drawn up, at 9 A.M.; it lasts with longer or shorter
intervals till 4 P.M. (third day), [7].
► An itching stitch between the
second and third phalanges of the right ring finger, that provokes
scratching, and then disappears (third day), [7]. ► The
warts begin to pain on slight pressure, [1].
► Crawling and itching formication
over the whole back (after two days), [1].
► Crawling in the middle joint of the
right thumb, as if it would go to sleep, in the afternoon (eleventh
day), [7]. ►
Crawling in the right foot, as if it would fall asleep, at 5 A.M., in
bed (seventh day), [7]. ► Crawling in the forepart of the right
foot, as if it would fall asleep, in the afternoon, while sitting
(fourth day), [7]. ► Itching crawling above the ball of the
right thumb, disappearing on rubbing, but returning (after three days), [7]. ►
Itching, here and there, in the face, immediately disappearing on
scratching (second day), [7]. [1040.] ►
Itching on the upper lip, as from a fine feather, and on drawing a
finger across the lip a fine piercing stitch in the middle of it, as if
a hair would be torn out, at 6 P.M. (second day), [7]. ► Itching
in the beard, obliging scratching, in the evening (sixth day), [8]. ►
Itching and violent stitches in the raphe of the perineum, [1]. ►
Itching on and about the genitals, [1].
► Itching on the prepuce, [1]. ►
Itching on the right side of the neck, disappearing on scratching (first
day), [7]. ►
Itching on the back, was obliged to scratch, as if covered with fleas
(sixth day), [8]. ► Itching on the upper and lower
extremities (after fifteen days), [1].
► Itching and biting in the bend of
the elbow, so that he was obliged to scratch (twenty-fourth day), [8]. ►
Itching on the back of the hand, as from fleabites (sixth day), [8]. [1050.]
► Itching on the outer surface of the
thigh, disappearing after scratching a long time (second day), [7]. ►
Itching on the outer surface of the right knee, disappearing on
scratching a long time, and then burning, [7].
► Itching in the hollow of the left
knee, that does not disappear on scratching (fourth day), [7]. ► Itching
on the right calf, disappearing on scratching (fourth day), [7]. ►
Itching on the soles, especially on the balls of the feet, [1]. ►
Itching and sticking in the soles and heels, [1]. ►
Frequent itching in the bend of the right knee, disappearing only after
long scratching (third day), [7]. ► Obstinate itching on the right side of
the abdomen and hip, not disappearing on scratching (third day), [7]. ►
Violent itching in the beard, chin, and on the chest, as from fleas, so
that he must scratch constantly (seventh day), [8]. ► Violent
itching and corroding in the abdomen, even during the day (after twelve
days), [1]. [1060.] ►
Violent itching in a small spot on the right index finger, towards the
thumb, disappearing on scratching, in the morning (tenth day), [7]. ►
Intolerable itching over the whole back, disappearing on scratching, but
returning (third day), [7]. ► Burning itching in the face, in the
region of the left lower jaw, that soon disappears after violent
scratching (fourth day), [7]. ► Painful burning itching on both great
toes, [4]. ►
Biting, burning itching in the region of the pudenda, [1]. ►
Stitchlike itching on the lower abdomen and thighs, especially in the
afternoon, [1]. ► Stitchlike itching, as from vermin, on
and about the genitals, [1].® 2000
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